

Magical Mystery Mutt
Because Merlin really is the cutest dog ever..... At the cousins'. He particularly enjoyed his rawhide chew at Thanksgiving. Never feed...


B'More Adventurous Downtown
Budget Cuts at the MVD German Christmas Village. Aber Sie sprechen kein deutsch. :( And so it begins.....


Star-Spangled Stuff, Part 1
July 7 was my first visit to Washington, DC since about 1988. Smithsonian Castle: Real Life Anachronism Library of Congress: My Happy...


More Magical Mystery Mycology
Mushrooms are really marvelous. They abound even in the freezing and sub-freezing weather. The colder it is, the yellower they get....


Star-Spangled Stuff, Part 2: Thanksgiving
I went to Fairfax, VA, for Thanksgiving with cousins. It was a really nice, relaxing time. Before... (July) After... Home is where your...


Washes, Dragons and Legends
I marveled as the mountains ebbed away and the landscape shrank like a map zooming out. Stark browns and rusts gave way to deep blues and gr


#Goofball
Merlin is charmed. I think he must be part faerie. He has a double dew claw on one hind leg and a triple dew claw on the other, a Thor's


Oddities, Mushies and Squishies
There are all manner of interesting things in the forest around me. Here are some of my favorites.


Charmed Homelessness
Yesterday I got the keys to my new apartment. I’m so thrilled to be able to afford a nice two-bedroom place with a balcony overlooking a...
Roses are red and Druidry is cool, mosquitoes suck and plantain rules!
However abundant an ailment or poison is in nature, its treatment is equally abundant, and found in the same places. The abundance and symme

